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... As George had rehearsals, Pam and I ventured out to the outlying Venetian Islands on Tuesday. Purchasing a 24 hour ferry pass (€20), we managed to get ourselves to Burano, a beautiful spot with lacemaking and very brightly coloured houses. Our couple of hours wandering, photographing and sitting in the sun was wonderful. Then on to leafy Torcello, where after a light (fried) lunch with a very large tumbler of white wine, we visited the Basilica with its magnificent mosaics, ...

... Chiesa di San Vidal, a former church that now serves as a concert hall. Here we heard Interpreti Veneziani, a chamber orchestra performing works by Vivaldi, Handel, and Manuel De Falla. It was an excellent mix of music we knew, along with music that was new to us. Fabulous musicians - thanks for the recommendation Karen and Barry! Other than pouring rain on the way home, it was another lovely ...

This morning we were booked for the Doge's Palace Secret Itinerary tour at 9:55 - our last guided tour of the trip. We were woke with plenty of time to spare. The good news was that P was feeling better too! We headed to Rosa Salva on Campi Giovanni e Paolo for cappuccini e cornetti. After our Italian breakfast, we walked over to St. Mark's Square and entered the Palazzo Ducale (Doge's Palace). We were a bit early so we walked ...

... the city to explore. We would try and go into all the churches that we saw. Some of them were gorgeous, which I didn't expect from looking at the outside. The fish market was pretty cool to see everyone out. I got some strawberries at the market and they were quite delicious! On of the booths had a very cute worker, so we would circle around and pass that stand a couple of times. :) We went to the Rialto bridge, which is the famous bridge ...

An early start today as we are catching train to Venice about a 30min train ride (we are getting good at catching trains now). We arrived nice and early before the crowds. It is amazing to see the sight of everything that we use cars,trucks & vans for is done by boat some actually look like a truck boat all piled high with an assortment ...